GPHY 401 — Environmental Planning and Management Toolkit: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
(Fall, even years.) Co-convened with GPHY 501 . Environmental Planning and Management Toolkit is an introduction to social science research and participatory planning methods, including research design, data collection, data analysis, and communication. Focusing on research and participatory stakeholder engagement process design through a community partnership that focuses on an environmental issue. In addition to building a toolkit of social science research and participatory planning methods, there will be emphasis on research and planning ethics and positionality of the researcher/project manager within environmental planning and management. This course is designed to make you more effective in your own professions through thinking broadly about social, ecological, and economic issues, as well as when interacting with the planning process.